Ten Old Square

Private Client - contentious and non contentious; Partnership; Court of Protection

Elizabeth Atkinson has a busy chancery practice which spans Chambers’ core practice areas, including: contentious and non-contentious Private Client, Property, Tax, Court of Protection, Partnership and LLPs, and Commercial Chancery.

She is regularly instructed to appear in the County Court and High Court, as well as the Court of Protection and First-tier Tribunal (Tax chamber). Her practice includes offshore litigation, and she enjoys both led and unled work.

Elizabeth is an editor of Mellows: Taxation of Executors and Trustees, and frequently writes for Practical Law. She is an accredited mediator and welcomes instructions to mediate.

Before coming to the Bar, Elizabeth began her career as a Senior Analyst at Goldman Sachs and subsequently worked as a Senior Executive Officer at both the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and at the Serious Fraud Office. She currently sits on the Chancery Bar Association Committee.

Elizabeth also does a significant amount of pro bono work, and has been recognised on the national Pro Bono Recognition List for completing over 25 hours of pro bono work annually.

Recent reported highlights include:

Barclays Bank PLC v HMRC – [2024] UKFTT 246 (TC) (21 March 2024) acted successfully for HMRC. The First-tier Tribunal considered the accounting treatment of debt instruments 2008 financial crisis and the true nature of the transaction.

Publications:

Joint editor of Mellows: Taxation for Executors & Trustees Regular contributor to Practical Law and Private Client Business

Chancery Bar Association (Committee Member) Contentious Trusts Association Court of Protection Bar Association Association of Partnership Practitioners (‘Up and Coming’ Committee Member)

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple – Harmsworth Scholarship The Inns of Court College of Advocacy – Bar Course BPP Law School, London – Graduate Diploma in Law The University of Edinburgh – School of Divinity Postgraduate Master’s Scholarship The University of Edinburgh – MTh (Research) The University of Edinburgh – MA Divinity